Confederate American Pride website has been created for that unique class of people, native to the Southeastern states, who define themselves as being,
firstly, Confederates and, secondly, as
Americans, and who are proud of bearing those distinctions. It is to this particular mindset of cultural awareness that this site is dedicated.

With the above in mind it has been my purpose to design Confederate American Pride as a virtual online resource for the Confederate Nationalist in need
of the tools and information that is necessary to defend himself and his heritage in the war that is constantly being waged against that heritage. On
its pages you will find selected articles and emails that not only define who we are and where we have come from, but how we got there; numerous links
to other Southern heritage organizations and websites; and much, much more.

I sincerely hope that you enjoy your visit to my site and will bookmark it for future reference.

The version of Dixie that you hear playing in the background of this page is sung by Lee Greenwood. It is included on his album "American Patriot,"
which is available from Amazon.com through the link below.

"We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honour and
independence; we ask no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to
be let alone; that those who never held power over us shall not now attempt our subjugation by arms."
--- President Jefferson Davis - 29 April 1861

"All that the South has ever desired was the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally
organized should be administered in purity and truth."
--- General Robert E. Lee, CSA

"Governor, if I had foreseen the use these people desired to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox, no, sir, not
by me. Had I seen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in this right hand."
--- General Robert E. Lee, CSA - as told to Texas ex-governor F. W. Stockdale

“Remember the precious stake involved; remember the dependence of your mothers, your wives, your sisters, and your children on the result; remember
the fair, broad, abounding land, the happy homes and the ties that would be desolated by your defeat."
--- Albert Sidney Johnston

“I am inclined to think that General Joe Johnston was the ablest and most accomplished man that the Confederate armies ever produced. He never had
the opportunity accorded to others, but he showed wonderful power as a tactician and a commander. I do not think that we had his equal for handling an
army and conducting a campaign"
--- James Longstreet, 2 August 1879

“I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and
foremost in the coming struggle for our independence."
--- John Bell Hood

Lieut. Gen. James LongstreetFirst Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, Commanding

"General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out!"
--- James Longstreet, to Robert E. Lee as he rode off to discuss terms for surrender with General Grant at Appomattox.

"Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about
that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave."
--- Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson

“The Army of Northern Virginia was never defeated. It merely wore itself out whipping the enemy."
--- Jubal A. Early

“Major, we haven't taken Washington, but we scared Abe Lincoln like hell."
--- Jubal A. Early to one of his officers after withdrawing from the outskirts of Washington, D.C., near Fort Stevens.

“Honest and outspoken, honorable and uncompromising, Jubal A. Early epitomized much that was the Southern Confederacy. His self-reliance, courage,
sagacity, and devotion to the cause brought confidence then just as it inspires reverence now."
--- James I. Robertson, Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor of History, Virginia Tech; Member of the Board, Jubal A. Early
Preservation Trust.

As Richard S. Ewell rode into Gettysburg with John B. Gordon at his side in 1863, Ewell reeled in his saddle immediately after the ominous sound of a
bullet hitting home. Anxiously, Gordon asked, “Are you hurt, sir?" General Ewell replied unconcernedly, “No, no, it doesn’t hurt a bit to be shot in
a wooden leg!"
--- R. S. Ewell to John B. Gordon at Gettysburg.

"Next to these two officers, [Longstreet and Jackson] I consider General A.P. Hill the best commander with me. He fights his troops well and takes
good care of them."
--- Robert E. Lee, Nov 1862, when President Davis asked Lee for recommendations for corps command.

"I have never, on the field of battle, sent you where I was unwilling to go myself; nor would I now advise you to a course which I felt myself
unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers, you can be good citizens."
--- Nathan Bedford Forrest, in his farewell address to his troops at Gainesville, Alabama, May 9, 1865.

"I loved the old government in 1861. I loved the old Constitution yet. I think it is the best government in the world, if administered as it was
before the war. I do not hate it; I am opposing now only the radical revolutionists who are trying to destroy it. I believe that party to be composed,
as I know it is in Tennessee, of the worst men on Gods earth-men who would not hesitate at no crime, and who have only one object in view-to enrich
themselves."
--- Nathan Bedford Forrest, in an interview shortly after the war.

"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense
of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he
loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish. Remember, it is your duty to see that the true
history of the South is presented to future generations."
--- Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, Commander General, United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 25, 1906.

"The field had been completely swept, and the foe driven back to the river under shelter of the fire from his gunboats. It needed only the
inspiring presence and skillful hand of the master-spirit that had raised and guided the storm of battle to press the enemy to a surrender, and thus
put the finishing stroke to one of the most brilliant victories of which the annals of war contain a record. But alas! that master-spirit was no more
of earth. In the very moment of victory, the battle, and with it seemingly the Confederate cause, was lost."
--- Brigadier General Alexander P. Stewart, remarking upon the death of General Albert Sidney Johnston at the Battle of Shiloh.

"You have no right to ask, or expect that she will at once profess unbounded love to that Union from which for four years she tried to escape at the
cost of her best blood and all her treasure. Nor can you believe her to be so unutterably hypocritical, so base, as to declare that the flag of the
Union has already surpassed in her heart the place which has so long been sacred to the 'Southern Cross.' "
--- General Wade Hampton

"Every man should endeavor to understand the meaning of subjugation before it is too late... It means the history of this heroic struggle will be
written by the enemy; that our youth will be trained by Northern schoolteachers; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war; will
be impressed by the influences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as traitors, and our maimed veterans as fit objects for derision...
It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our
enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of
our rights and liberties."
--- Maj. General Patrick R. Cleburne, CSA, January 1864, writing on what would happen if the Confederacy were to be defeated.

"If this cause, that is dear to my heart, is doomed to fail, I pray heaven may let me fall with it, while my face is toward the enemy and my arm
battling for that which I know is right."
--- Major General Patrick R. Cleburne before his fatal wound at the battle of Franklin, Tennessee.

"As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the
institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South
could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union."
--- Major General John B. Gordon, from his book, Causes of the Civil War.

Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist

A relative of many prominent South Carolinians, States Rights Gist, named for his father's political beliefs, was a lawyer, a militia general in South
Carolina, and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He rose rapidly to fame during the War for Southern Independence, having participated in
battles at Chickamauga, Chattanooga and in the Atlanta Campaign. He was killed in the Battle of Franklin on 30 November 1864 while serving in the Army
of Tennessee under John Bell Hood. States Rights Gist is buried in Trinity Episcopal churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina.

“Our poor country has fallen a prey to the conqueror. The noblest cause ever defended by the sword is lost. The noble dead that sleep in their
shallow though honored graves are far more fortunate than their survivors. I thought I had sounded the profoundest depth of human feeling, but this is
the bitterest hour of my life."
--- Col. John Singleton Mosby, the Gray Ghost of the Confederacy

"I want by body taken up and laid in the dust around old Sweetwater and I want a tombstone put at my head with my name and my company and regiment,
the day I enlisted and the name and date of the battles I have ever been in."
--- Sergeant Eli P. Landers, in a letter to home.

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes
destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such
Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

There are few compatriots that I know of who are as dedicated and determined to advancing our colors and attacking those who would take them down as
are the patriots in this outstanding group of flaggers. We all could take example from their fervor to defend the honor and dignity of our Confederate
heritage. Click on their banner to learn more and to join them.

K. Steven MonkFor a free South!

Virginia Flagger

Although most of us on the front lines of heritage defense stopped visiting their blogs and ceased reading their nonsense long ago, many of you have
been kind enough to let us know that several of the anti-Confederate bloggers/amateur historians have ratcheted up their vitriol and attacks against us
over the last few weeks.

If it were not so pathetic, it might be comical to watch... as one of them even went to the extreme of creating a bogus poll regarding the removal of
flags/desecration of Lee Chapel, in an attempt to lure Confederate Heritage activists to his site.

Brooks D. Simpson on August 1, 2014 at 4:47 pm said: "Oh, I know that the various heritage sites are rushing over here to vote. Of course, then
they also see the post on Lilly Baumann. Sometimes you have to provide an inducement for people to visit."

Fraudulent profiles on FaceBook and other internet sites... misleading group names, designed to attract those of Confederate ancestry... and now a fake
"poll," created specifically to lur our folks to their hate'filled sites. We can only conclude that these folks are desperate for attention and/or
site traffic... and feeling VERY irrelevant. It seems that since all previous attempts to smear and defame us have failed miserabley, they are
resorting to deception and fraud in what appears to be last-ditch attempts to get SOMEONE to pay attention to their false accusations and unnuendo,
most recently attempting to link members of the Va Flaggers to a child custody/domestic dispute in Florida.

Another spent some time in Petersburg recently, and was apparently quite unsettled by our presence at the 150th Commemoration of The Battle of the
Crater, so much so that the Va Flaggers have been the main subject of his blog posts ever since. The man who once predicted there would NEVER be an I
-95 flag...

"Prediction: There will be no Confederate flag on I-95 near Richmond." K. Levin, August 18, 2013.

...reports that he made a point to ask for directions to the Chester Memorial Battle flag site, and acknowledged that his only disappointment was the
there was no wind blowing to lift the flag at the time he stopped by. What he is really spset about is the fact that we dared to offer an alternative
to his "version" of events at The Crater, and that Park officials and visitors welcomed us and allowed us to share the truth before, during and after
events last week. (watch for an update soon with some very exciting news on this subject...!)

These folks have tried (and failed) over and over to connect us with everything from "white supremacists" to "child abusers" to "kidnappers," ALL
because we disagree with their version of OUR history and refuse to sit by quietly while THEY determine how we will honor and remember our ancestors.
It has been almost three years since we first stepped onto the sidewalk in Richmond, and not only are we still standing, despite their repeated
predictions of doom and gloom, but we are moving forward with renewed strength and support that grows daily, as more and more folks choose to take a
stand.

Letter received, today, with gift:

"Dear Va Flaggers, please accept this gift in honor of my fallen Confederate ancestors. I fully support your efforts, and would be happy if someone
would put up some flags in Northern Virginia to counter the appression of our rights to free speech. I cannot remain silent any longer." - William
W, Arlington, VA

I have been asked what I am going "to do" about these most recent attacks and the ongoing smear campaign. My answer? Nothing. These folks are only
relevant when we give them our attention and we flatly refuse to do so. We have much work to do, and any time and energy wasted on dealing with folks
like this who are twisted up with hate and contempt for all things Southern, only takes our focus off of the Confederate soldiers we are determined to
honor and defend, and away from the front lines of the Southern Heritage battles we face every day.

Please take a moment to read "Fight Like Forrest, NOT Sherman," in the link below, which further addresses this issue. Although it was written several
months ago, the sentiments contained therein remain unchanged.

Thank you all for your constant prayers and support. We are looking forward with great anticipation to continuing the work that has begun, and are
excited about the prospect of several new projects on the horizon.

God bless you all, and GOD SAVE THE SOUTH!

Susan Hathaway

Virginia Flaggers

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done..." genesis 50:20

This is the untold story of the Union's "hard war" against the people of the Confederacy. Styled the "Black Flag" campaign, it was agreed to by Lincoln
in a council with his generals in 1864. Cisco reveals the shelling and burning of cities, systematic destruction of entire districts, mass arrests,
forced expulsions, wholesale plundering of personal property, and even murder of civilians. Carefully researched largely from primary sources, this
examination also gives full attention to the suffering of Black victims of Federal brutality.

Stephen P. Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment is the first book-length account of the origins of the Second Amendment, based on the
Founders' own statements as found in newspapers, correspondence, debates, and resolutions. Mr. Halbrook investigates the period from 1768 to 1826, from
the last years of British rule and the American Revolution through to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and the passing of the
Founders' generation. His book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the arguments behind the drafting and adoption of the Second Amendment, and
the intentions of the men who created it.

After the War for Southern Independence, many Confederate soldiers headed to the vast wilderness of the American West to escape the ravages of
Reconstruction and to carve out new futures and fortunes for themselves and their families. Now you can step back into those roaring days of
yesteryear in the Old Wild West. There is lots of historical info, photos and graphics of this most colorful era in American history at this
site...

Over the weekend, one of the Anti-Confederate Bloggers took his campaign of hate against the Va Flaggers to a new low, when he made my private
employment information public by posting it on the world wide web, then tweeting the information, along with false accusations, to my employer, anti-
Confederate agitators in the Richmond area, and our local press.

Almost immediately, I was overwhelmed by the incredible show of support from friends, Flaggers, and folks I have never met, from both North and South
of the Mason-Dixon Line. I cannot adequately express my appreciation for the encouragement, offers of assistance, and willingness to help.

Some of the offers came by way of wanting to repay him and other Anti-Confederate Bloggers in like kind, by posting their information and encouraging
others to do the same. I want to take this opportunity to express that I am adamant in not wanting ANYONE in our movement to ever do such a thing.
Disagreeing with someone is one thing, and we have every right (a duty, even) to defend our honor, but publishing information that could very possibly
affect one’s livelihood, and therefore their ability to care for their families and fulfill their obligations, is not something I want to EVER be a
part of.

Unlike our enemies, WE have truth, honor, and right on our side, and do not need to sink to unethical and immoral tactics in order to gain victory.

In my humble opinion, the best thing we can do to neutralize those who attack us with no provocation is to stay focused on our Cause and continue the
good work that has been started. With every flag that is raised, returned to its rightful place of honor, or added to the landscape, we win a victory
for the Confederate Veterans who fought and died under them…and when THEY are not the focus of our efforts, such efforts truly are in vain.

Our heritage is under attack in ways that even our parents and Grandparents could have never imagined. The time has come for Southerners to stand in
defense of our Confederate ancestors and against those who would desecrate their honor and memory.

I have no doubt that victory will be ours, even in the midst of this latest assault. I may not know what lies ahead, and I am certain there will be
many more such attempts to stop us, but I know one thing is for sure…I’m determined to stand, fight, and never back down...but I'm gonna fight like
Forrest…NOT Sherman.

"You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done..." Genesis 50:20

I have recently returned to the UK from a holiday in Charleston and as a tourist to your country was interested in an article by Leah Rhyne in the
Charleston City Paper on ‘Who is a Patriot?’ The opening statement stated that ‘It’s a loaded word, patriotism. A patriot to one county is often a
terrorist to another.’

Leah states that she was ‘shocked’ at the selling of Confederate flags at USS Yorktown and the article articulates that the Confederate flag is a
‘symbol of lynch mobs and Jim Crow’. Would she not consider that if this is the case, it is because as a country you have this perception and you have
lost, or ignored, the historical reason for the flag. It is a fact that many, if not all of the soldiers who fought under this flag counted themselves
as patriots, as did their families.

Conversely, during this war it is a fact that many Northern soldiers were racist and in several cases ‘free states’ would not allow slaves that escaped
their bonds to settle in Northern states. This was carried out under the ‘Stars and Stripes’ but I would assume that Leah still believes that the Union
soldiers were patriots.

I am sure that Leah, like most Americans, are immensely proud of their history and proudly fly your national flag or wear its design on t-shirts. Does
she feel that the selling of this flag at USS Yorktown is ok and patriotic when the same flag was flown by soldiers when driving Native Americans from
their homes and corralling them in to reservations? Were these soldiers patriots and if not are you still happy to wear the flag that the soldiers
fought under?

All countries have periods in their history where in hindsight actions they have taken have not been the correct one. My own country, England, has had
its fair share of history where we have conquered other countries and forced our way of living on to the local population. I am still, however, proud
of the flag that flies over my country but I understand that I have to learn from the mistakes we have made and not hide from them or allow racist
organisations to ‘hijack’ my flag.

History you can’t change but what you can do is learn from it. If a large part of your country is proud of its history and wishes to fly a flag that
represents to them pride in the men and women who gave their lives to what they believed to be a patriotic cause then they should be allowed to do so.
This should be without it being automatically associated with racist organisations. If Leah sees the flag only as a racist symbol she is looking at it
out of context and is stereotyping it instead of what it was intended for - to differentiate between two opposing forces on a battlefield for men and
women who believed themselves to be patriots.

Paul W
England

From a Yank with love

Hello there,

I know this is a bit out of the blue, but I happened upon the Confederate American Pride website while doing some Civil War related research, and I
just wanted to let you know how much I liked it. I live in Up-State New York and have been a living historian for four years now, ever since I was
fourteen. At first, I was always just attracted to the confederates for the look, the 'underdog factor,' etc.

Soon however, I began to get involved in progressive or 'hardcore' re-enacting, and the more I learend about the confederates and the more I portrayed
rebel soldiers in the field, the more interested I became in the South in general, beyond the war years. My interest in the conflict and material
culture of the Southern armies lead to an interest in the South before and after the war, and eventually, the South in general.

Anyhow, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the website, and the numerous and sponsored links along with it. My interest in the war has
lead me to love the South, its culture, people, and cause. Sites like yours keep the spirit of the rebel soldier alive, and help keep the rich history
and heritage of the South from disappearing. Without groups like Confederate American Pride, America would be that much worse off. Thank you for
taking a stand in a world so hostile to the truth and for giving us all an example to follow. Let it be known that the South has friends in the North
and that you are not alone! Although we are Yankee by birth, the South's message of freedom still rings true with us. Even in my few years on Earth,
I can see that Confederate Nationalism has more support in the North than one may think. Not the majority of folks, but more than it may appear. Keep
up the good fight!

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From the Lost Cause to the New South:A Brief History of Southern Heritage

By K. Steven Monk

From 1861 until 1865, the Southern states of what we today call the United States of America existed as a sovereign nation known as the Confederate
States of America. Because of differences in
culture, economics and religion which the South felt were irreconsilable, they had seceded from their alliance with the
Northern states. This was an act which, under the terms which they had ratified the Constitution, they had the right to do (they had in fact entered
that union as sovereign states under contract
with the other sovereign states and a federal entity known as the United States or federal government).

All would have been well and good had the federal government simply let the Southern states go their way. We had no hatred for the Northern people, we
simply wanted to be left alone. But
empires are not built through pacifism and so federal forces acting under the dictatorial authority of Abraham
Lincoln invaded our homeland with a vehemance that was unprecedented in the history of mankind. In the single most costly war in American history
brother was often times pitted against brother in a
conflict that took more American lives than have all the wars that she has ever fought in combined.

Although we lost the War for Southern Independence, the cause for which we fought still lives on in the hearts of our fellow Southern patriots, or
Southrons, as they are more properly termed. It
will always live on so long as men desire to be free -- free to live their lives in the way they see fit without the constraints and infringments of
government. Government without the consent of
the people is tyranny and, as such, has no legitamacy (please refer to the quote at the top of this page entitled "Why We Fought the Civil War").
Patriots fought against tyranny in 1776 and they
fought against it again in 1861. Man's desire to be free does not sleep nor will it die. It is an inalienable right granted by God and not by any
governmental institution created by men.

The war ended in 1865 with the peace to which Robert E. Lee agreed, but the hostilities continue.
It has been 138 years since the last shots of
the War for Southern Independence were fired, but still, Yankee troops remain on our soil and their Washington based government continues to rule us
with an iron hand. We are living under an
occupational government. The Yankee Empire has replaced our constitutional form of government with a bureaucracy, backed by a non-elected judiciary of
unprecedented power. Its open-door policy
on illegal aliens is daily destroying our unique Southern culture with government-enforced multiculturism
and
"political correctness." This same wave of politcal correctness has incited the removal of many of our monuments and memorials from public display.
The removal of still others is a constant
threat. Even our cherished banners--symbols of Southern Pride--have been banned from public display and from schools in many areas of our beloved
Southland. I can remember a time when the
playing of "Dixie" at a school football game would bring the crowd to its feet with wildly exuberant cheers and Rebel Yells. Now it too has been
banned from school grounds and alumni events,
right along with prayer.

Even though we lost the War for Southern Independence, the cause for which we fought has not been lost. It still lives on in the spirit of the
Southern people. This spirit, undaunted by
reconstruction and guided by the hand of God, like the phoenix which rose from the ashes, will lead Southrons to build a new South that will rise in
prominence among the nations of the world.

More than 120,000 copies in print! The South Was Right! By James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy. History is written by the victor, and that
of the American Civil War is no different. The idea that Southerners would die in order for only 6 percent of the population to own slaves just does
not pass the "sniff" test. The myth of a freedom-loving North and an evil, slave-holding South is just one that is exposed in The South Was Right! The
idea of big government not only was politicized through the issue of slavery but also was made inevitable in the South's defeat. Because of the
surrender, "we the people" of the United States are no longer sovereign. Today, a supreme federal government dictates what rights the states can
exercise. After the Union victory, a campaign of ongoing cultural cleansing has been waged to keep the South in its assigned place in American history.
While many ethnic, religious, and cultural groups are celebrated, Southern heritage often is viewed with a wary eye. Predicted to be "one of the most
controversial books of the decade" when first published, The South Was Right! lives up to that forecast. This book is filled with documented evidence
supporting all of the authors' claims and paints a frighteningly realistic picture of a captured people, their struggle to preserve their heritage, and
their right to exist as a distinct culture and an independent country.

This is a must have book for every Southern patriot's library.

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Pickett's Charge, 150th Gettysburg Reenactment
July 7, 2013, the final day of the National 150th Gettysburg Civil War Reenactment: "The High Water Mark, Pickett's Charge." There were up to 12,000
reenactors and 60,000 to 80,000 spectators. With over 150 cannon, it was probably the largest gathering of Civil War artillery since the battle itself.
Best if seen in high def, full screen!

Gettysburg - Little Round Top - by tour guide Gary Kross - this guy is
captivating
Civil War Tour Guide Gary Kross Little Round Top, Gettysburg - We lucked out a few years ago and got Gary Kross as our tour guide. He was so good I
pulled out my camera and grabbed this video. If you like this, search for Pickett's Charge, I recorded him there a earlier in the tour, also very good.
We're planning another trip sometime in the future...and if Gary Kross is still giving tours we'll schedule him for sure. He stood at the front of our
tour bus and gave a driving tour as we went from site to site. His knowledge level is astounding.